Windows 10: when window is in maximize state, drag the window down problem

Not sure what is going on
but when a window of an app is in a maximize state e.g.excel
I then click on the window and drag it down so it goes out of the maximized state

Instead of showing me a smaller window of the app when it is not maximized
so that I can still view the contents of the excel..

This occurs..





Basically it is as if someone resized the window to be the smallest size possible.

This is really annoying.

Seems to occur for few apps.

How can I fix this problem?

:)

 

in win 10, maximized window won't drag

Mike is right. If the window is maximized the window's window menu will prevent you from moving or resizing it and that has always been the case. Use Alt-Space to see this. Restore, Minimize and Close are your only options in this state. So almost certainly
you would have been dragging a maximally sized window. In that case everything except Restore would have been available--a sign that the window is in its normal mode.

FYI

Robert Aldwinckle

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Enable or Disable Maximized Window Dragging in Windows 10


The good news is that when you have drag maximized windows disabled, you'll still be able to minimize the window to then be able to drag it where you like.

This is mostly good for when you're always dragging a maximized window by mistake somehow.

 

in win 10, maximized window won't drag

You can do that using the Snap windows feature but check out the window menu when you do that. E.g. press Win+CursorUp ; that snaps the window to Maximized. Press Alt-Space to see that only the menu items I mentioned before for a maximized window are
available. When you are using the Snap windows feature with your pointer you need to drag it up first and observe the ghost maximized frame before clicking to make it snap to Maximized mode. An analogous procedure is needed when you want to snap a window
left or right. Then I think the use of the pointer for a half screen may be clearer when snapping a window into a new mode and undoing the snap.

So, to clarify the original discussion, you weren't really dragging a maximized window you were moving your pointer in a way that looked as if you were but in fact were only doing that to change the window's mode and size.

FYI

Robert

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